1424

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Year 1424 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1424

• June 2 - Battle of L'Aquila: Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon.
• August 17 - Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. Alençon is captured and Douglas killed.

Births

• October 31 - King Wladislaus III of Poland (d. 1444)
• date unknown
• Demetrius Chalcondyles, Greek scholar (d. 1511)
• Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (d. 1469)

Deaths

• January 4 - Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero
• May 10 - Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan
• June 5 - Braccio da Montone, Italian condottiero
• June 10 - Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
• June 16 - Johannes Ambundii, Archbishop of Riga
• August 12 - Yongle Emperor of China (b. 1360)
• October 11 - Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
• probable - Johannes Abezier, provost and bishop of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1380)

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